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Hackers demanding a $20 million ransom to release a decryptor

The ransom for not leaking data concerning Kia Motors America is 404.5412 bitcoins, which is equivalent to approximately US$20 million.

Kia could even have to pay over $30 million in bitcoin if it doesn't pay quickly enough. The automaker has alleged the hack didn't happen.

Get Permission ShinyHunters disclosed its breach of dating site MeetMindful.com by dumping stolen data on the cybercrime forum RaidForums. The ShinyHunters cybercrime operation runs a data exfiltration and sales business that appears to be off to a roaring start again this year, following on the heels of its data breach spree last year. "ShinyHunters released a tsunami of sensitive data in 2020," says cybersecurity firm Risk Based Security, noting that the group had been tied to "data dumps th...

Egregors data-leaking site remains offline. (Source: Malwarebytes) Individuals suspected of being affiliates of the Egregor ransomware-as-a-service operation have reportedly been arrested in Ukraine. The arrests were announced on Friday by radio station France Inter, which said French police had launched an investigation last fall, spurred by attacks against domestic organizations, and had begun working with police in Ukraine to investigate. France Inter reports that the arrests of the individu...

Telegram Secret Chat could expose your password and media files sent in the chat. What risks will happen and how can you access the plaintext passcode of it?

12 February 2021, 10:13 pm EST By WordPress Data Breach Could Affect 100,000 Exposed Websites After Using Responsive Menu Plugin  ( Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website ) Certain critical and also high severity vulnerabilities within the known Responsive Menu WordPress plugin that was responsible for exposing over 100,000 sites to certain takeover attacks that wer...

SHARE A security researcher has uncovered a security vulnerability that allowed him to run code on internal systems belonging to major companies, including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netflix Inc., PayPal Holdings Inc., Tesla Inc. and others by exploiting open-source repositories. The supply chain attack was detailed late Tuesday by researcher and ethical hacker Alex Birsan and involved uploading malware to open-source repositories including PyPI, npm and RubyGems that subsequently then got d...

From Apple to PayPal, researcher shows this novel software supply chain attack is possible in 35 tech firms Microsoft awarded him their highest bug bounty amount of $40,000 and identified the issue as CVE-2021-24105 for their Azure Artifactory product. By IANS February 11, 2021 13:22 IST A cyber security researcher has utilised a security vulnerability to run code on servers owned by over 35 major tech companies, including Apple, Microsoft...

The Hack Roundup: White House Says Neuberger Leading Federal Response Anton_Medvedev/Shutterstock.com email A spokeswoman for the National Security Council disputed Congressional intelligence leaders’ characterization of the federal response to widespread unauthorized intrusion into federal and private-sector networks as leaderless, saying Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger has been in charge of coordinating the effort.  On Tuesday, the chair and ranking memb...